1. Discuss the research that has addressed the "recovered memory" controversy. What are some of the characteristics of individuals who are susceptible to false memories?

2. Discuss how biological, psychological, and environmental factors all interact to impact forgetting.

B. QUESTIONS

1. What are some of the possible causes of forgetting?

2. What does a "typical" forgetting curve look like?

3. Explain decay theory.

4. What is retroactive interference?

5. What is proactive interference?

6. What is meant by "motivated forgetting?" How did Freud differentiate between "repression" and "suppression?"

7. Define retrograde amnesia.

8. Define anterograde amnesia.

9. Define infantile amnesia.

10. What is meant by the "misinformation effect?"

11. Describe the case of H.M. What were the effects of his surgery? What do these effects tell us about memory?

12. Where in the brain are memories formed?

13. Which brain structures are important for attending to incoming information and encoding information?

14. Which brain structures are important for retrieving information?

15. What are some of the strategies for enhancing memory?